HBO: The Weight of the Nation
2013
Name: _____________________________________________
Directions: Fill in the answers to the following questions throughout the documentary. In addition write
down at least 10 facts you hear or read during the documentary that you find interesting.
Video # 3: ______________________________________________ Date viewed: ______________________________
Childhood obesity is much more than a cosmetic concern. The health consequences of childhood
obesity include greater risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and other
serious illnesses. The combination of these health effects and the dramatic increase in childhood
obesity rates over the past three decades causes some experts to fear this may be the first generation
of American children who will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
1. We are in the midst of an epidemic of childhood obesity with childhood obesity rates ________________ in just
a ________________________.
2. This is probably going to be the first generation of children who are going to have a shorter life expectancy than
their _________________.
3. The Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Clinic is a research and treatment center for
________________ ______________.
4. A recent study has shown that about __________ of obese teenage girls become severely obese by age
_______.
5. Estimates are _____ in ______ children born in the year ________________ will develop diabetes sometime in
their lifetime.
6. The One Step Ahead program is designed to teach children and families about ______________
________________ habits.
7. About $______________________ a year is spent by industry on marketing of food products to children.
8. IOM’s goal was to shift the mix of advertising to kids so it included _________________ ___________________.
9. In 2006, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Kraft, Hershey’s, Kellogg’s, and 12 other leading food companies formed the
______________________________________________________________________________ Initiative.
10. Under the CFBAI, these companies pledged to advertise only “_________________________” foods to children.
11. Congress created the _________________ _________________ Group on food marketed to children in order to
improve the nutritional profile of children’s diets.
12. The experts in the IWG are from four government agencies. List TWO of those agencies:
A. ____________________________________________________________
B. ____________________________________________________________
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13. In July 2011, the IWG proposed nutrition principles which would lower the levels of __________, __________,
and ________ in the majority of foods marketed to children.
14. As of March 2012, ___________________________________________ has been made on the IWG food
marketing report.
15. Only ________% of parents seek medical help for their obese children.
16. Food consumed at school represents _________ - _________% of children’s daily caloric intake.
17. When the USDA last surveyed parents to find out what they thought about the quality of school food,
___________% believed the food was very or somewhat healthy.
18. The same USDA study found that __________% of schools served a lunch that failed to meet USDA standards for
healthy school meals.
19. On December 2, 2010, Congress passed the _________________________________________________ Act.
20. The Act instructs the USDA to develop higher ________________________________________ based on
recommendations from the Institute of Medicine.
21. As written, the act:
a. ___________________ the amount of fruit served at breakfast.
b. Increases the __________________________________ in lunches and requires servings of dark
green and orange varieties.
c. Permits potatoes – including French fries- to be served as a vegetable, but limits them to _____
times per week.
d. Immediately requires that 50% of __________ served be whole grains, increasing to 100% after two
years.
e. Reduces ______________ in lunches by 53% over the course of 10 years.
f.
Reduces ______________________ to less than 10% of all the calories served in a week.
g. Requires that any chocolate milk served must be ____________________.
22. A recent analysis showed that _________% of the rise in the BMI of teens is associated with the increased
availability of junk food in ___________________.
23. Between 2004 and 2009, sales of energy drinks increased by _______________%.
MAKE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR 10 ADDITIONAL FACTS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE!
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